The Bastard Duke

He blackmails his bride for wealth and power, but obsession and regret will bring him to his knees.

Helen Frith will do anything to protect her father, so when a ruthless duke threatens to expose her father’s forged paintings, she has no choice but to do his bidding. She must cast aside her fiancé and the careful life she has planned to become the duchess of a man she just met—a man as compelling as he is loathsome. 

No one refuses Roland, the Duke of Torbay, and he isn’t about to let a defiant painter’s daughter start now, no matter how alluring. Not when the late duke’s will and testament threatens his dominion, requiring him to marry this particular woman and produce an heir before his thirtieth birthday or lose his unentailed lands. When she becomes engaged to another, he is willing to do whatever is necessary to secure his future, even if it means destroying hers.

Roland can force her hand, but he cannot force her love. She vows to despise him, yet their intertwined secrets and binding passion are inescapable.

The Bastard Duke is a spicy enemies-to-lovers, forced marriage of convenience, Victorian romance featuring a brooding alpha duke, morally gray characters, family secrets, and a heroine who demands true love.

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For fans of spicy historical romance, forbidden love, loner alpha heroes, shipwrecks, and spoiled debutants.